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(No Model.) I I E. F. SHELLABERGER.

FENCE. No. 399,989. Patented Mar. 19,- 1889.

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UNITED STATES EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER, 0E

PATENT OFFICE.

BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,939, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed January 17, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. SHELLA- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residin g at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to iron or wire fences which are composed of longitudinal cables and hair-pin-shaped pickets, and is designed as an improvement on my former patents, Nos. 234,988 and 368,977, granted January 26, 1886, and August 30, 1887, respectively.

The object of the invention is to secure the two opposing limbs of two adjacent pickets in a single twist of the strands of thecables, thereby facilitating the construction of the fence and lessening its cost of production, while at the same time the pickets are held absolutely against any turning relative to the longitudinal cables. .In my Patent No. 234,988 the two limbs of each picket are held in a single twist, and is open to the objection that the pickets turn in their fastenings and set at all manner of angles to the line of fence. In my Patent No. 368,977 each limb is held in a separate twist, which adds greatly to the cost of manufacture of the fence when compared with my present invention, which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed, and which is shown in the ac- Serial No. 296,609. (No model.)

Figure 1 is a front View of a section of fence embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a crosssection of same on the line X X of Fig. 1.

The hair-pin-shaped pickets A,- which may be of desired conformation and size, are provided at intervals in their length with outer curves or bends, a, a, the curves at on the left limb or branch of each picket being opposite the curves or bends a on the right branch or limb of the same picket, and the two sets of curves or bends being oppositely disposed, so that the bends a on the right limb of one picket will touch and come opposite the curves or bends a on the left limb of the adjacent picket, the two corresponding bends or sets of bends-being bound together and held in a single twist of the strands which compose the longitudinal cables B. That portion of the pickets between the cables may be bent in any required manner to form any suitable design, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

As an improved article of manufacture, a fence composed of hair-pin-shaped pickets having the opposing limbs of independent pickets provided with corresponding bends or curves, and longitudinal cables having their strands embracing the said bends or curves in a single twist, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER.

Witnesses:

W. H. HUBBARD,

oompanying drawings, in which- EDUARD ELLWooD. 

